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Investigating the Applicability of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) Photogrammetry for the Estimation of the Volume of Stockpiles

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Fig. 1

Diagrammatic representation of the study area.
Diagrammatic representation of the study area.

Fig. 2

A chart of the methodology.
A chart of the methodology.

Fig. 3

Ground Control Point (GCP) station selection and marking.
Ground Control Point (GCP) station selection and marking.

Fig. 4

Workflow of the UAV survey and data processing.
Workflow of the UAV survey and data processing.

Fig. 5a

TIN model of the stockpiles A and Bgenerated from ArcScene.
TIN model of the stockpiles A and Bgenerated from ArcScene.

Fig. 5b

TST generated Digital Elevation Model of the stockpiles
TST generated Digital Elevation Model of the stockpiles

Fig. 6

DEM generated from Agisoft.
DEM generated from Agisoft.

Technical Parameters of DJI Mavic Air UAV.

Components Parameter
Aircraft Take-off Weight: 430 g, GNSS (GPS + GLONASS), internal storage (8 GB), operating temperature range (0–40°), maximum flight distance (10 km), maximum wind speed resistance (29–38 kph).
Remote Controller Operating frequency (2.400–2.4835 GHz, 5.725–5.850 GHz), operating temperature (0–40°), battery (2970 mAh).
Gimbal Mechanical range (Tilt: −100° to 22°, Roll: −30° to 30°, Pan: −12° to 12°), stabilization (3-axis, that is, tilt, roll and pan), controllable range (−90° to 0° as default setting, −90° to +17° as extended setting).
Camera Sensor (1/2.3″ CMOS), Lens (FOV: 85°, 35 mm format equivalent to 24 mm, aperture: f/2.8, shooting range: 0.5 m to ∞), photo format (JPEG/DNG (RAW)), supported file format (FAT32).
Intelligent flight battery Capacity (2375 mAh), voltage (11.55 v), Battery type (LiPo 3S), net weight (140 g)
Mobile device control Operating frequency (2.400–2.4835 GHz, 5.725–5.850 GHz), maximum transmission distance (80 m) with height of 50 m.

Analysis of project execution time.

Instrument Instrument setup Data acquisition time Processing time Total time spent
[min]
Total Station 5 72 15 87
UAV 5 14 45 59

Average camera location error.

Camera location component Error [m]
X 8.35685
Y 9.07843
Z 3.01858
XY 12.339200
Total 12.703000

Results of the comparative analysis of the volumes obtained from the TST-produced TIN and the UAV-produced DEM.

Instrument Model Stockpile 1 approx. volume [m3] Stockpile 2 approx. volume [m3] Total volume [m3] Difference between the actual volume and cumulative estimated volume Standard deviation Standard error (degree of uncertainty)
Actual volume from mill machine 2750.00
Total station TST TIN 2031.31 799.41 2830.72 −80.72 ±70.23 +2.9%
UAV UAV DEM 1902.76 783.49 2686.25 −63.74 ±72.23 −2.3%

The calibration coefficient and correlation matrix.

Value Error F K1 K2 K3 P1 P2
F 272.73 4.2 1.00 0.75 −0.97 −0.98 −0.14 −0.12
K1 0.230625 0.0008 1.00 −0.84 −0.84 −0.64 −0.49
K2 −0.438133 0.0027 −1.00 −1.00 −0.23 −0.19
K3 0.252709 0.0023 −1.00 −0.22 −0.18
P1 −0.00342852 3.9e-005 −1.00 −0.62
P2 0.00346376 3.2e-005 −1.00
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Geosciences, Geography